Osaka Blues For Kushinbo, DDT15 Announcement

November 3, 2011

DDT “PRESIDENT PERVERT! ~ LAST BIG WRESTLING MATCH ON THE STREET”, 04/11/2011
Tokyo Asakusa Flower Mansion

1. 3 Way Tag: Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Danshoku Dino & Chou-un Shiryu

Tickets for the show have sold out.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2011”, 06/11/2011
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Daisuke Sasaki & Kazuki Hirata Vs Hikaru Sato & Takao Soma
2. Naniwa Strange School Rumble: Poison JULIE Sawada Vs MIKAMI Vs Hideki Shiota Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Shoichi Uchida Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Emi Sakura
3. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Hikari Minami
4. Triple Threat: Kikutaro Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Antonio Honda & Yasu Urano
6. Special Tag Match: Kenny Omega & HARASHIMA Vs Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto
7. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Masa Takanashi

Kushinbo Kamen had to pull out of the Triple Threat match due to suffering a ligament injury. He will be replaced by DJ Nira. However, Kamen is still be able to attend the show and will be at ringside for the match.

Sanshiro Takagi has brought in Hikari Minami from Ice Ribbon to help him take on Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi. This is being advertised as the final battle between Homoiro Clover Z and TKG48, despite the two groups only having one match against each other previously.

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2011”, 27/11/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) Vs Minoru Tanaka

DDT will announce the date for next year’s 15th Anniversary show at the Nippon Budokan on this show. Several DDT wrestlers left comments on the official DDT site about the upcoming announcement. Sanshiro Takagi is so excited, he wants to announce the date to the fans as soon as possible. KUDO hopes to continue defending the KO-D Openweight Title and make ot to the big event as champion. Kota Ibushi wants to be fully recovered for the show but is aware not to return to the ring too quickly until his body is ready. HARASHIMA is very happy that his dream of wrestling in the Budokan will now become a reality. Finally, Kazuki Hirata mentioned that everyone is training and fighting harder than ever so they can earn a spot on the show. The competition for that precious chance to fight in the “House Of Japanese Martial Arts” is going to be fierce.

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Union Match Changed, Let’s Go 30’s, Dino Vs DJ Hyde

October 31, 2011

UNION “UNION 6th ANNIVERSARY”, 22/11/2011
Shinjuku FACE

0. Kasu Rachoresu Mental Health Treatment Match: Yoshiaki Yago & Good Nurse Madoka Vs BENTEN & Miyako
1. Isami Kodaka (w/ Rumi Kazama) Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. SGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Cherry (c) Vs Apple Miyuki
3. Kengo Ohka Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. 6th Anniversary Battle Royal: Kazuhiko Ogasawara Vs Poison Sawada Vs A. YAZAWA Vs Chou-un Shiryu Vs Mecha Mummy Lite Vs Sister Akiko Vs Takeshi Minamino
5. Mio Shirai & Ken Ohka Vs Masao Orihara & Big Morohashi
6. DDT Extreme Title: El Generico (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi

The Kasu Rachoresu Treatment match has been changed from a singles match between Yoshiaki Yago and Miyako, into a tag team match between Yago and his Good Nurse Madoka versus Miyako and her master BENTEN. The bout will also be a dark match. Yago thinks the match will be so dangerous that he doesn’t want Union boss Naomi Susan to see it, fearing that it would upset her.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2011”, 06/11/2011
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Triple Threat: Kushinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Antonio Honda & Yasu Urano
3. Special Tag Match: Kenny Omega & HARASHIMA Vs Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto
4. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Masa Takanashi

Antonio Honda & Yasu Urano get their KO-D Tag Team Title shot here. They have also decided on their team name. From now on the pair will be called Let’s Go 30’s.

“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

1. Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Sami Callihan
2. Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Hyde
3. Dick Togo Vs KUDO
4. Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa Vs Ryuji Ito & Danny Havoc

Danshoku Dino now knows who he will face in his American return match. It is none other than the current owner of CZW, DJ Hyde.

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Dick Togo American Vacation, Hard Hit Card

October 28, 2011

“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

1. Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Sami Callihan
2. Dick Togo Vs KUDO
3. Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa Vs Ryuji Ito & Danny Havoc

Some matches have finally been announced for The Indie Summit 2011, a joint show produced by Combat Zone Wrestling featuring Japanese wrestlers from DDT, Big Japan, Freedoms and K-DOJO. Dick Togo will also be involved as his global retirement tour stops by the United States during December. Togo returns to the infamous Asylum Arena for the first time since the Chikara King Of Trios weekend back in April. KUDO will be one of DDT’s representatives, the most important one if he is still the KO-D Openweight Champion by the time the show takes place, and will be the one facing Togo in the former ECW Arena. Danshoku Dino is the only other DDT wrestler confirmed for the show so far. Kengo Mashimo from K-DOJO and Takashi Sasaki & Kamui from Freedoms will also be wrestling at the show.

PWG “FEAR”, 10/12/2011
American Legion Post #308, California, USA

El Generico Vs Dick Togo

One week later, Dick Togo will travel to Reseda, California for a highly anticipated Pro Wrestling Guerrilla event. While all the attention for this show is on the return of Super Dragon, the big highlight of the undercard is Togo’s clash with the current DDT Extreme Champion, El Generico.

Hard Hit “ATLANTIS”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Tanomusaku Toba Vs Kotaro Nasu
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Ryuichi Sekine
4. Madoka Vs Kengo Mashimo
5. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Takaku Fuke
6. KUDO & Kenny Omega Vs HARASHIMA & Mitsuya Nagai
7. Hikaru Sato Vs Daisuke Sekimoto

Hard Hit evens sort of lean more towards the kind of wrestling matches you would find in old shoot-style promotions such as UWF-I. Hard Hit matches can be won via pinfall, submission, knockout, disqualification and count out. There is also a points system in place that can determine when matches can end by TKO. In singles matches both wrestlers begin the match with 5 points each. For tag team bouts both teams start off with 8 points each. A wrestler loses a point when he is knocked down or uses a rope break. He also loses a point if he is called for a foul more than once. When a wrestler’s points tally reaches zero, he automatically loses the fight by TKO.

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Change To This Friday’s Monthly Young Card

October 26, 2011

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS OCTOBER EDITION”, 28/10/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Shota Vs Rion Mizuki
2. Akito & Mikio Kageyama Vs Kotaro Nasu & Daichi Sasaki
3. Shigehiro Irie & Toru Sugiura Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Kazuki Hirata Vs King Fale
5. Keisuke Ishii Vs Hiro Tsumaki

Some changes have been made to the second match on the card. Takao Soma is still out of action due to illness. Also Hiro Tonai has pulled out of the show after suffering a lower back injury. The new match is now Akito teaming up with Mikio Kageyama from DEP to take on Kotaru Naso and a wrestler coming all the way from Michinkou Pro, Daichi Sasaki.

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Kenny Vs Minoru, Junior Stars In DDT, Nagoya, Union

October 24, 2011

DDT “FUTURE HEAVEN! IN NAGOYA 2011”, 30/10/2011
Nagoya Club Diamond Hall

1. MIKAMI Vs Toru Sugiura
2. Makoto Oishi & Mr. #6 Vs DJ Nira & Kazuki Hirata
3. KUDO, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Masa Takanashi, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
4. HERO! Last DDT Match: HARASHIMA & HERO! Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
5. KO-D Tag Team Title Contendership: Antonio Honda & Yasu Urano Vs Takao Soma & Akito
6. Special Singles Match: Hikaru Sato Vs Danshoku Dino

Kenny Omega will make his first appearance in DDT since becoming the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Champion here in Nagoya.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2011”, 06/11/2011
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Triple Threat: Kushinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Winner Of 30/10 Contender Match
3. Special Tag Match: Kenny Omega & HARASHIMA Vs Minoru & Koji Kanemoto
4. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Masa Takanashi

Masa Takanashi finds himself in the same main event spot Hikaru Sato was in this time last year. The 2010 “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL” show had Sato become the KO-D Openweight Champion in dramatic fashion, defeating HARASHIMA and halting his KO-D Title run that began at Sumo Hall. Takanashi can repeat the same achievement when he goes up against the champion KUDO.

Kenny Omega’s first challenger for the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title has been confirmed to be Minoru, a supernova of the Japanese Jr. Heavyweight scene. Their title match will take place in DDT, which I’ll get to below. But before that match happens, Kenny will be teaming up with HARASHIMA to take on the Junior Stars of Minoru & Koji Kanemoto in Osaka on 6/11.

UNION “UNION 6th ANNIVERSARY”, 22/11/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Isami Kodaka (w/ Rumi Kazama) Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Kasu Rachoresu Mental Health Treatment Match: Yoshiaki Yago (w/ Good Nurse Madoka) Vs Miyako (w/ BENTEN)
3. 6th Anniversary Battle Royal: Kazuhiko Ogasawara Vs Poison Sawada Vs A. YAZAWA Vs Chou-un Shiryu Vs Mecha Mummy Lite Vs Sister Akiko Vs Takeshi Minamino
4. SGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Cherry (c) Vs Apple Miyuki
5. Mio Shirai & Ken Ohka Vs Masao Orihara & Big Morohashi
6. DDT Extreme Title: El Generico (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi

A correction for the match involving the Kasu Rachoresu Mental Health duo of Yoshiaki Yago & Madoka with the oriental couple BENTEN & Miyako. It turns out that Yago will not be facing BENTEN but will in fact have some sort of match against Miyako! BENTEN will be in Miyako’s corner while Yago will have his “Good Nurse” Madoka by his side for the bout.

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2011”, 27/11/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) Vs Minoru

Just like when Kota Ibushi was the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion and when the Golden Lovers held the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, DDT will now get to host an AJPW Jr. Title match for Omega Vs Minoru.

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Kenny Omega Clears AJPW Arcade Mode

October 23, 2011

AJPW “PRO-WRESTLING LOVE IN RYOGOKU VOL. 13”, 23/10/2011
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
8,500 Fans

AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega defeated KAI (c) with the Croyt’s Wrath (20:43).
*KAI fails in V3. Kenny Omega becomes the 31st AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Champion!

A few months back, around the time Kota Ibushi was the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion for New Japan Pro Wrestling, his tag team partner Kenny Omega decided that his goal for 2011 was to go over to All Japan Pro Wrestling and win their Jr. Heavyweight belt. Today he achieved that goal in Sumo Hall, an arena where success had previously eluded him. Kenny defeated the champion KAI after hitting him with the Croyt’s Wrath twice, once from the top rope. Kenny now aims to be the cool champion that All Japan is currently lacking. He already has his first challenger lined up. Minoru has stepped up to grab the first title shot and is someone that Kenny lost to during the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight League that took place just last month. However, Kenny’s response to the challenge was he wanted the title match to take place in DDT.

Several DDT wrestlers attended the show to be in Kenny’s corner for the match. Kota Ibushi, Keisuke Ishii and Michael Nakazawa were there to show support. Also some of them might have also gone along so they could meet the Momoiro Clover Z pop group who were performing during the show.

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First Matches Announced For Union 6th Anniversary

October 20, 2011

UNION “UNION 6th ANNIVERSARY”, 22/11/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Yoshiaki Yago (w/ Good Nurse Madoka) Vs BENTEN (w/ Miyako)
2. 6th Anniversary Battle Royal: Kazuhiko Ogasawara Vs Poison Sawada Vs A. YAZAWA Vs Chou-un Shiryu Vs Mecha Mummy Lite Vs Sister Akiko Vs Takeshi Minamino
3. Mio Shirai & Ken Ohka Vs Masao Orihara & Big Morohashi
4. DDT Extreme Title: El Generico (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi

There will be more names added to the Battle Royal. Apple Miyuki will also have a match on the show.

UNION “FANTASY ILLUSION 5”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Cherry Vs Aja Kong

I won’t be able to update the site again until Sunday night as I will be going over to England to see some of the Dragon Gate UK shows. So the results for “DDT SPECIAL 2011” will be a bit late.

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Kodaka’s Training, Lumberjacks For DDT Special

October 18, 2011

UNION “SCHOOL FESTIVAL 2011”, 19/10/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. BENTEN (w/ Miyako) Vs Onryo (w/ Masako Takanashi)
2. Lingerie Muto & Big Bang Lingerie Vs Yoshiaki Yago & Madoka
3. Isami Kodaka (w/ Rumi Kazama) Vs Hiro Tsumaki
4. SGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Mio Shirai (c) Vs Cherry
5. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs RG
6. Ken Ohka & Masao Orihara Vs Big Morohashi & Hiroshi Fukuda
7. DDT Extreme Title Contendership – 3 Way: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Shuji Ishikawa Vs Kengo Ohka

Isami Kodaka has been preparing for his match with Hiro Tsumaki by training with former joshi wrestler Rumi Kazama in Okinawa. Rumi first came to Isami’s rescue during his Sexy Diva match against Sexxxy Eddy and GAMI back in August. It looks like she will be sticking by his side for the time being.

Geisha girl Miyako commented on BENTEN’s upcoming match against Onryo. The “Global Diva Princess” said Onryo and Masako Takanashi are a far cry from the people BENTEN wrestled in Madison Square Garden for a company called WWG, which somehow stands for World Wide Edge.

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2011”, 23/10/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Hardcore 4 Way: Isami Kodaka Vs Antonio Honda Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Michael Nakazawa
2. HARASHIMA Vs Ken Ohka
3. Cherry Vs MIKAMI
4. Masa Takanashi Vs DJ Nira
5. Yasu Urano Vs Shuji Ishikawa
6. Lumberjack Death Match: Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma
7. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

The Lumberjacks announced for the semi-main event are Yomiko Hotta (who might be the newest member of the TKG48), Shigehiro Irie, Ken Ohka, DJ Nira, Kazuki Hirata, Hiroshi Fukuda, Akito and some unnamed members of DDT staff.

The 16-Man Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament to determine the No. 1 Contender for the KO-D Openweight Title is still set for this show. All that has been revealed about the tournament so far is the tournament layout. Nothing unusual about it. The winner of Match #1 takes on the winner of Match #2, the winner of Match #3 takes on the winner of Match #4, etc.

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Takao’s Tag Trouble, Hirata’s Gonna Fale, President Pervert

October 14, 2011

DDT “FUTURE HEAVEN! IN NAGOYA 2011”, 30/10/2011
Nagoya Club Diamond Hall

1. HERO! Last DDT Match: HARASHIMA & HERO! Vs X & X
2. KO-D Tag Team Title Contendership: Antonio Honda & Yasu Urano Vs Takao Soma & Akito
3. Special Singles Match: Hikaru Sato Vs Danshoku Dino

Takao Soma isn’t very happy that Keisuke Ishii won an important championship in DDT before he did. After Ishii and Shigehiro Irie became the new KO-D Tag Team Champions in Sapporo, Soma told interviewers backstage that “It sucks that Ishii won a belt before me.” He was also upset that Ishii was the person chosen to team with Irie for the title match instead of himself. That is understandable since Soma and Irie had been doing very well as the TKG48’s resident tag team in DDT. Soma will be doing something about it and has picked Akito to form a new tag team in the hopes of getting a title shot in the distant future. However, they will face a difficult challenge in the forms of Antonio Honda & Yasu Urano. Both men are former KO-D Tag Team Champions and have been recently teaming together.

Kenny Omega, Shigehiro Irie, Daisuke Sasaki, Mr. #6, Toru Sugiura & DJ Nira are all confirmed to be taking part at this show.

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS OCTOBER EDITION”, 28/10/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Shota Vs Rion Mizuki
2. Takao Soma & Akito Vs Hiro Tonai & Kotaro Nasu
3. Shigehiro Irie & Toru Sugiura Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Kazuki Hirata Vs King Fale
5. Keisuke Ishii Vs Hiro Tsumaki

We have another DDT Vs New Japan young lion battle here. This time NJPW is sending over their giant Tongan wrestler King Fale to fight Kazuki Hirata.

DDT “PRESIDENT PERVERT! ~ LAST BIG WRESTLING MATCH ON THE STREET”, 04/11/2011
Tokyo Asakusa Flower Mansion

1. 3 Way Tag: Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Danshoku Dino & Chou-un Shiryu

The President Pervert in the show’s title is none other than Michael Nakazawa. He will be the special guest announcer for the event.

Chou-un Shiryu is looking forward to tangling with Munenori Sawa one last time before Sawa retires. Shiryu believes the only way Sawa could beat him was if he resorted to using Kung Fu for the match. The Brahman Brothers are the wild cards here and will no doubt be carrying a container filled with creepy crawlies for their opponents to suffer through.

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Cherry Confirmed For JoshiMania

October 12, 2011

This December, the Dramatic Pink Warrior of Union is on her way over to America. Cherry is the latest name announced to take part in a special series of shows hosted by CHIKARA Pro called JoshiMania. The shows will be CHIKARA’s love letter to joshi wrestling featuring such names as Manami Toyota, Aja Kong, Toshie Uemetsu, Commando Bolshoi and much more. Cherry is now the latest name announced for the shows taking place on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of December, marking her first time competing in the USA.

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